NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE10-043: Motorcycle Stalling
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE10-043 on November 4, 2010 and closed it on January 7, 2011. NHTSA's investigations file lists 6 Ducati models for it and links recall 11V-003 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE10-043 (also written PE10043)
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
- Status
- Closed January 7, 2011
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Ducati North America
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Fuel Injection System
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 11V-003: ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT/ENGINE STALL, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 6 Ducati models, including the MS1200-A and MS 1200S
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-043.
Following a discussion with Ducati about a communication in it's June 5, 2010 Tips and Tricks newsletter, the company agreed to recall all Model Year 2010 MTS1200 motorcycles to address a tip-out stall issue.
With that recall, submitted in lieu of a the PE Information Response, this investigation is closed.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-043. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE10-043
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.